Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…... : alaskahttp://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/We are standing in solidarity with a long list of subreddits that have gone private to protest the recent actions of the Reddit administration. For more information, [see this post.](https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/3bxduw/why_was_riama_along_with_a_number_of_other_large/)http://www.reddit.com/9oWkBEhK450mv1dk.pngAlaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…... : alaskahttp://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:05:37 -0800<table> <tr><td> <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/"><img src="http://c.thumbs.redditmedia.com/gUvv-eb-E87Zz3xb.jpg" alt="Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…..." title="Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…..." /></a> </td><td> submitted by [deleted] <br/> <a href="http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=AKZ111&amp;warncounty=AKC170&amp;firewxzone=AKZ111&amp;local_place1=&amp;product1=Special+Weather+Statement#.UtS2WP3Cauc">[link]</a> <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/">[44 comments]</a> </td></tr></table>Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepddnjIcephoenix750 on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepddnj2014-01-14T09:01:56.930066-08:00In Wrangell, it is raining so hard here, holy ball sacks...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepeygx[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepeygx2014-01-14T09:59:24.092157-08:00I honestly don't know how you guys do it….. gills?http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepn12gIcephoenix750 on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepn12g2014-01-14T14:35:51.128286-08:00Lets just say I swim to school (uphill of course), and leave it at that...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cep3idjwhimsicalweasel on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cep3idj2014-01-13T21:52:29.282182-08:00I already live in ketchikan, what is it going to do? Rain? Scary!http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cep66x0[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cep66x02014-01-14T00:56:19.213640-08:00You don't have deeply frozen ground with a foot of snow covering it. It will be a friggin' nightmare in South-Central if temps get up to 40 and it rains on top of everything else. If this goes down, come up and tell me how scary my leach field looks…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/ceph45vwhimsicalweasel on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/ceph45v2014-01-14T11:15:14.476332-08:00I grew up in south central. I really do hate when it does this.http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/ceppkadalienth on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/ceppkad2014-01-14T16:05:57.576314-08:00How does it affect leach fields?http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepskwj[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepskwj2014-01-14T17:56:37.737426-08:00too much water can overflow the system, causing backups into your system. the water from your house has to go somewhere, and if the leach field is saturated and can't handle the normal septic runoff, you get a stinky mess. Plus, this year, we've already had three freezing rain events in the valley, one of which melted all the snow, then got really cold and froze our septic up and it didn't work for a few days and I have twin two year old daughters and…… it's just a pain :)http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepsqg9alienth on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepsqg92014-01-14T18:02:20.127076-08:00Yikes! Thanks for the info. I have a house near Wasilla with a leach field and have little knowledge of this stuff.http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/ceptiwu[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/ceptiwu2014-01-14T18:31:56.170086-08:00you're welcome! I'm no expert with septic systems by any means, but have been through it a few times in a few different places now. It's not fun!http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepgt84TurdDiggler on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepgt842014-01-14T11:04:21.280740-08:00You're going to sit in the rain in the dark now that the power is out town wide.http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/ceph38lwhimsicalweasel on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/ceph38l2014-01-14T11:14:21.587976-08:00True, but I still have the Internet!http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepty29[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepty292014-01-14T18:47:48.132868-08:00curious - still? Looks like a pounding is being had down there!http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepxv0jwhimsicalweasel on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepxv0j2014-01-14T21:26:12.018134-08:00Power was out for about 10 hours out north, but besides that its just rain. And it's almost 50 out so it isn't a big deal.http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepdxhwratamack on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepdxhw2014-01-14T09:22:23.055138-08:00Shits getting real in Juneau. There is a lot of standing water and the creeks are getting close to flowing over.http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepf07b[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepf07b2014-01-14T10:01:10.617170-08:00Keep the updates coming. I took part in the Juneau Icefield Research Program back in '99, doing my masters glacier research up there. I bet this storm takes it's toll on the Lemon Creek and Ptarmigan Glaciers. And, the Taku will get a big dump of snow way up high and keep on marching…. :)http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepj3s6that11dude on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepj3s62014-01-14T12:24:07.680131-08:00[Flood warnings](http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=8e1c5b09487742ae&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=US&amp;source=web) have been issuedhttp://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepn293Icephoenix750 on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepn2932014-01-14T14:36:57.641845-08:00Depending on how long this storm last, have any flights to Juneau been cancelled?http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepneg6ratamack on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepneg62014-01-14T14:48:33.047430-08:00Doubt it. But I don't know.http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepzl55Icephoenix750 on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepzl552014-01-14T22:59:21.433697-08:00I know all the flights in Wrangell were cancelled today, but then again we only have like...2 a day.http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cep4v4eryl0 on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cep4v4e2014-01-13T23:11:10.094031-08:00argh don't like but thanks for sharing have an upvotehttp://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepgt3zAlaska_Roy on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepgt3z2014-01-14T11:04:13.998145-08:00Still raining in Juneau...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepu37b[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepu37b2014-01-14T18:53:08.129307-08:005:50PM Wasilla (ish) report: it's like it's raining tiny ice pellets, and it's coming down hard. Maybe an inch in the last 45 minutes. We are essentially getting a &quot;lake&quot; (arm?) effect with the direction of flow right now. Looks like it's moving fairly fast, though. I just don't want to have to shovel a bunch of snow to watch it melt in a couple days. But, shovel I will have to, regardless, or it will be a complete, icy mess. Sorry to keep harping on this. I'm fighting Lyme Disease and am stuck at home and don't have much else to do. It's a good day when I can get on reddit and interact with you folks. Thanks.http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/ceq1wt3CanisMaximus on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/ceq1wt32014-01-15T02:29:06.983831-08:00Chinook wind on east side of Anchorage. 36 F 1:28amhttp://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/ceqcpxisamwe on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/ceqcpxi2014-01-15T11:29:48.699121-08:00I like to cross country ski, so I am not looking forward to rain. Lets hope it passes quickly.http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cer2ne3[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cer2ne32014-01-16T07:51:49.780387-08:00It's pouring slush at my place outside Wasilla now (1/16 0651). Forecast is calling for 5-6 inches of snow before noon. Ummmmm…….http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cep5fr6Cdresden on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cep5fr62014-01-13T23:51:07.201008-08:00&gt;**No Active Hazardous Weather Conditions issued by NWS**http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cep6614[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cep66142014-01-14T00:53:58.876278-08:00It was the story of the hour a few hours ago. They change their damn forecasts every 15 minutes, I swear. I'd say they are just updating things currently, as this (http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/home_sfcmap.php) shows there is quite a stream of moisture coming up from Hawaii…. We'll see. Just don't want to deal with the mess. This winter has already sucked enough so far.http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cep69k3Cdresden on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cep69k32014-01-14T01:03:39.328656-08:00I understand. Once everything freezes in the fall, it's best if it just stays that way until breakup. Down here in the panhandle, it's freeze/thaw/freeze/thaw all winter long, some years 15+ ft of snow, plus as much rain as you like. Slush is not your friend.http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepbhyx[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepbhyx2014-01-14T07:48:08.015427-08:00I've had friends who lived in Ketchikan - and moved fairly soon after. They couldn't take the &quot;wet&quot;. I get it! We looked at moving to Gustavus, which would have been really cool, but I think the weather would have gotten to me fast. And I'm Irish-rooted and was raised in the wet part of Oregon! I feel for you! But, I bet it's worth it, as it's just so damn gorgeous with so much to do down there…… I didn't realize the Mat-Su had weather like Buffalo, NY - just without so much snow and attitude!http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepg9m8Clovis69 on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepg9m82014-01-14T10:44:56.275957-08:00The &quot;TV Weather&quot; map is a good dumbed down version http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/tvwx.php?img=tomorrow http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/tvwx.php?img=nextday Looks like a damned mess cominghttp://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepbkxf[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepbkxf2014-01-14T07:51:30.947601-08:00PS - the advisory is back up. I'm a weather nerd and check the forecasts and charts often. For some reason, the NWS page blanks out from time to time. And the RADAR positioned down near Kenai is a really shitty location for all of us that live in the MatSu. God that thing is inaccurate for this area. First world complaints, I know - I usually just look out the window for a final verdict :)http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepfjlvAfa1234 on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepfjlv2014-01-14T10:19:54.723795-08:00How's it looking for Anchorage? *edit Never mind! Kept reading and saw your other post. Thanks for that by the way.http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepbt7i[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepbt7i2014-01-14T08:00:55.082412-08:00I saw this yesterday. Could you explain why this is alert? Because snow might melt? Are we looking at winds? A tad confused. Thanks.http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepca6f[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepca6f2014-01-14T08:19:55.499055-08:00Coastal areas are expecting heavy rains (even monsoonal) thanks to the moisture being pumped up from Hawaii. Rain on snow events have the potential to cause extreme flooding. If the ground is frozen and this flooding occurs, it can get really, really ugly. It really depends on where you are. If you are in SE Panhandle, this might not be anything new to you. Maybe a bit wetter than normal. Places like Valdez and Cordova could see huge snowmelt in the mountains around town. Like, most of it. In Anchorage and the MatSu, our snow will melt and pond up on all the frozen ground, making for a huge mess and dangerous travel and possible a lot of broken septic systems. I'm scared for mine…….http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepcghk[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepcghk2014-01-14T08:26:49.763632-08:00Thank you. I live in East Anchorage - have a house and I wasn't real sure what to make of that weather alert. I didn't think too much of it as alerts tend to come and go and rarely we get what the alert says. Best I can tell is this begins tomorrow.http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepemr7aksid on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepemr72014-01-14T09:47:40.016087-08:00basically everything is going to flood and get slippery. it's gonna be a big fucking mess.http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepf4kw[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepf4kw2014-01-14T10:05:33.624568-08:00we don't have culverts out where I am either. May need to steal my neighbors canoe to get out to the main road!http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepfet3aksid on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepfet32014-01-14T10:15:37.622861-08:00Culverts are just gonna get clogged up with ice anyway.http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepfix7[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepfix72014-01-14T10:19:18.802930-08:00true. That all kind of came out wrong. culverts will be a frigging mess. Seems in my area, there is no drainage since we are out between all these moraines. Just a bunch of places for water to pool up.http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepf7cg[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepf7cg2014-01-14T10:08:22.030402-08:00If you have a septic system, just watch how your toilets behave. If they aren't flushing properly, you better call a plumber and start instituting the &quot;if it's yellow, let it mellow, if it's brown, flush it down&quot; mentality. And be careful out walking. the thinnest layer of water on ice is extremely slippery - even on grassy surfaces. Remember - the ground is frozen solid right now! My permanently damaged hip knows this all too well…..http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepetrgWowzersInMyTrowzers on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepetrg2014-01-14T09:54:39.524653-08:00Don't have time to read article and don't know mountain ranges well. How will this affect Wasilla?http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepf129[deleted] on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepf1292014-01-14T10:02:03.029573-08:00I live just outside Wasilla, so, basically, whatever I'm saying is what I think will happen. Oh, and there is going to be a shitload of wind at one point for us in particular. Damn Knik glacier valley……. ;)http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepfrxeak_doug on Alaskans south of the Alaska Range - you ready for a winter monsoon? This could be ugly…...http://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1v5za4/alaskans_south_of_the_alaska_range_you_ready_for/cepfrxe2014-01-14T10:27:38.959509-08:00The Alaska Range is the big one arching West and North of you. The one with Denali in it. The rest of this week will be warm with temperatures above freezing with rain and snow likely. and wind.